I consider myself a real coffee drinker. But am I really one, if I don’t know the difference between the various kinds of the related beverages? Though, the regular house brewed coffee is what I consume the most. But occasionally, I’ll have a cup or two of it’s cousins from Europe. Either Lattes or Cappuccinos.

I make my own espresso at work, due to the reason being most of my co-workers are coffee-holics. We don’t have a regular coffee maker like the one at home. Instead, Espresso machines (2 of them) are placed in our break room. When I first started working there, I didn’t understand where the pressure release sound (Sssssssss…) came from. I thought they were using liquid nitrogen [N₂] to overclock our servers… LOL!

As explained by my Italian co-worker, Lattes has more milk and less foams while Cappuccinos contains little milk with heavy foams. Espresso is brewed under heavy pressure which makes it taste much stronger and darken it’s color. Did I mention it has more textures than house coffee when tasting?

To enjoy a cup of fancy caffeine drink isn’t easy, it takes a longer time to process and cleanup when making your own. Or you can get in line and spend $4 in a coffee shop.